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(40 questions –
objective type)
Agriculture:
Its importance in national
economy. Factors determining
agro ecological zones and
geographic distribution of
crop plants, cultural
practices for cereal,
pulses, oilseed, fiber,
sugar, tuber and fodder
crops and scientific basis
for these crop rotations,
multiple and relay cropping,
intercropping and mixed
cropping.
Forestry:
Classification, inventory,
damage assessment, disease
detection, forest
management.
Soil:
Origin and types of soils;
Soil as medium of plant
growth and its composition,
mineral and organic
constituents of the soil and
their role in crop
production; chemical,
physical and microbiological
properties of soils. Land
degradation, erosion, land
reclamation.
Irrigation and Drainage:
Sources of irrigation (rain,
canals, tanks, rivers,
wells, tube wells).
Scheduling of irrigation
based on critical stages of
growth, time interval, soil
moisture content and weather
parameters, Water
requirement of crops,
Methods of irrigation and
drainage, watershed
management.
Concepts in Resources-Allocation
of natural resources and
measuring resource scarcity
Resources classification
systems, natural and
cultural resources,
renewable and non-renewable
resources. Resource
Conservation -resource
monitoring and management,
Sustainable development of
natural resources.
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